What does it mean to be a “Philadelphia Lawyer”? Wikipedia, which is fast becoming the source of all of our knowledge, describes the term as “a lawyer who knows the most detailed and minute points of law or is an exceptionally competent lawyer.”
We all know that the term was first inspired by Andrew Hamilton’s defense of publisher John Peter Zenger in which Hamilton established truth as a defense to an accusation of libel. But that was the 18th century. That the term retains meaning today tells us that there is reason for its continued use and, we believe, demonstrates that the characteristics of a Philadelphia Lawyer are constantly expanding and evolving — shaped by each one of us throughout our professional lives.
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